Metering valve



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CAM ROTATION 2 I ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 28, 1952 METERING VALVE Walter S. Landon, deceased, late ofDetroit; Michby- Marion E. Landon, administratrix Detroit, Mich. assignor to Detroit Lubricator Company; Detroit, Mich., a corporation. of Michigan.

Application May 15, 1947; Serial No. 748,297'

- 3 Claims.

' 1 This invention relates to new and useful improvements in metering valves.

An objectof this invention is to provide a metering valve which will meter a substantially uniform quantity of fluid per unit displacement of the cam actuating said valve even though said cam is of such a construction as'to givea nonuniform rate'of movement of the metering valve stem.

Another object of this invention is to provide a metering valve'of a construction such that the ratio of fluid discharge to unit movement of the means actuating said valve will approximate predetermined value.

Another object of this invention is to provide a metering valve which will meter a predetermined quantity of fluid upon a predetermined initial movement of the valve stem. v

Another object of this invention is to providea metering valve which is simply constructed, ellicient to operate and inexpensive to manufacture.

This invention consists in' the improved construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and the novelty of which will'be particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed In the accompanying drawing to be taken as part of the specification, there are fully and clearly illustrated two preferred embodiments of this invention, in which drawing:

Figrl-is a'view in-vertical'section of the principal form of the invention Fig. 2 is a View insection taken along the line 2-2of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a mo'dification'of the invention, and

Fig. 4 is a graph showing the relation between rate of discharge of fluid from the valve and unit movement of the cam actuating the valve..

Referring to drawing by character of reference in Fig. 1, the numeral I refersto a metering valve stem having a longitudinal. control passageway I. 'As in all conventional metering valves the valve stem I is positioned in an opening2 in a. wall 3 of the metering valve 4. The valve stem I seats at 5 in the wall 3. Surrounding an d affixed to the upper portion of stem I is a collar 6. Positioned between the collar 6 andthe wall- 3 is a spring I which urges the valve stem I'towards" an upward or open position. A cam 8 acts through a screw or other bearing member 9 to actuate the valve stem I. The screw 9 may be adjusted to determine the position of the valve stem I for any given position of the cam 8. The cam 8 is constructed with two or more slopes. of surface 8 and 8 so. that'the movement thereof will produce a variablerate of movement'of the valve stem I. The

construction thus far described is that of an orv dinary'meterlng valvewherein it is desired to change the rate of discharge of fluid around the valve stem' Iby the use .of thedouble sloped cam. Under certain conditionsit' isdesirable to produce a' uniform rate of'discharge-of-fluid per unit movement of" the cam 8 without resorting'to replacement ofi'this cam with a uniformly sloped cam. To produce this desired effect one or more holes lflaredrilled'through the wall II of the valve stem I to compensate for the variable slope of'the cam '8': Theholes- I I) perform this function of compensation by permitting additional fluid to"be:-'metered'f at the-points where I v the movement of the cam'8 is insufiicient toproduce the metering-effect desired. In most applications of this principle, the drill holes Ill'should be positioned'belowthe' upper-limit of th meteringslotll; I

In operation" this form oftheinvention functions'as followsi When the-cam" Gris moved" the spring 1 causes the valve-stem'l to move upward. In the ordinary form' of metering valve, the movement of the valve'stem l upon movement. of the cam 8 will produce a. rate of discharge curve as shown by the brokenllne ABC in Fig. 4.

This-graph. asrishownin Fig. 4 illustrates the ratioof rate of idischarge" of fluid to unit movementrof the cam. As the lower sloped surface 8 ofthe cam 8 moves permitting the valve stem I to move upwardtheerate of discharge of fluid through:thevalvesincreases as along the line AB of Fig. 4. When the point is reached in the movementof cam 8 atwhich a higher sloped surface 8 bears against the screw 9'the rate of discharge of fluid increases as along the'line BC ofFig. 4. With the drill. holes added as in this invention, when the valve stem I begins to move upward the'initial rate of discharge per unit movement'of the cam 8 follows line AB of Fig. 4. A

small movement'of the'valve stem I will cause one of the holes l0 to'be in a position to permit flow of fluid therethroughandfurther movement of the valve stem 1' will cause the other of the holes H! to pass fluidthuscausing the rate of discharge'of fluid per unitmovement of the cam 8 to increase substantially along the curve D of Fig. 4. It should be noted that the holes III. are spaced circumferentially of the valve stem and overlap longitudinally thereof at a point oppo-' site the central portion of the metering slot l2 so that upon longitudinal movement of the valve stem the progressively increasing change in flow area is effected followed by a progressively decreasing change in flow area and providing the equivalent of a diamond shaped opening to compensate for the different cam slopes. The dotted curve D of Fig. 4 represents only an approximation of the flow curve obtained and the true curve would vary slightly from one side to the other of that curve.

In Fig. 3 a modification of this invention is shown wherein one of the holes H1 is positioned above the upper surface of the metering slot l2 a sufficient distance that a very small initial movement of the valve stem I will permit a predetermined amount of fluid to fiow through the hole n. In all other details this form of the invention corresponds to the principal form.

In operation this form 01' the invention functions as follows:

The same compensation for the double sloped cam 8 is obtained in this modification as in the principal form of the invention. The essential difference in this modification is that the hole lfl is positioned so that a very small movement of the valve stem I will permit flow of fluid therethrough. This modification is especially adapted for metering liquid fuel to a burner wherein it is desired to have a constant amount of fuel metered for a predetermined small opening of the valve. The metering of fuel through this hole i would provide the necessary amount of fuel for pilot operation independently of the metering slot l2.

In the foregoing specification there were de scribed two preferred embodiments of this invention. It is obvious, however, to anyone skilled in th art that many minor changes could be made herein without departing from the scope and intent of the original invention.

What is claimed and is desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a fiuid metering valve, means for ingress of fluid, an opening for egress of fluid, a hollow cylindrical valve stem closing said opening, said valve stem seating against a portion of said opening, spring means urging said valve stem toward an open position, a cam means cooperable with said valve stem to cause movement thereof, the

bearing surface of said cam means having two metering fluid, the wall of said valve stem also I having two circular holes to compensate for the variable movement of said cam means, said holes being spaced circumferentially on said stem and overlapping longitudinally thereof at a point opposite the central portion of said slot, and the spacing of said holes being operable to cause a progressively increasing change in flow opening followed by a progressively decreasing change in flow opening thereby to effect an approximately uniform change of rate of discharge of said fluid per unit movement of said cam means.

2. In a fluid metering valve, means for ingress of fluid, an opening for egress of fluid, a hollow cylindrical valve stem closing said opening, said valve stem seating against a portion of said opening, spring means urging said valve stem toward an open position, a cam cooperable with said valve stem to cause movement thereof, the bearing surface of said cam having two different slopes, said cam being operable to cause two different rates of movement of said valve stem, a metering slot extending through the wall of said valve stem, the circular openings extending through the wall of said valve stem operable to compensate for the variable movement of said cam thereby to approximate a substantially uniform change of rate of discharge of said fluid per unit movement of said cam, one of said openings being positioned above the upper limit of said metering slot thereby to cause a predetermined amount of fluid to be metered upon a predetermined initial opening movement of said valve stem, and the other two of said openings being spaced circumferentlally on said stem and overlapping longitudinally thereof at a point opposite the central portion of said slot thereby to cause a progressively increasing change in flow opening followed by a progressively decreasing change in flow opening to effect an approximately uniform change of rate of discharge of said fluid per unit movement of said cam.

3. In a metering valve, a wall having a port, a valve member cooperable with said port to meter flow therethrough, said valve member havin a longitudinal slot cooperable with the wall of said port and constructed to provide substantially equal changes of fluid flow for all equal increments of open valve member movement, a cam follower on said valve member, cam means cooperable with said follower to move said valve member, said cam means having at least two joining cam face portions with relatively different rates of cam rise, said face portions together providing a range of cam means movement such that said valve member will have one rate of movement when said follower is in engagement with one face portion and a different rate of movement when said follower is in engagement with the adjoining face portion, and means controlled by valve member movement for supplemental flow through said port, said last-named means comprising two circular holes in the wall of said valve stem spaced circumferentially thereof and overlapping longitudinally at a point opposite the central portion of said metering slot and providing a progressively increasing change in flow opening followed by a progressively decreasing change in flow opening thereby to effect an approximately uniform change of rate of flow per unit movement of said cam means.

MARION E. LANDON, Administratrir of the Estate of Walter S. Landon,

Deceased.

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